Mendy Elliott of Reno, left, attends the Republican National Convention in Tampa in 2012. Las Vegas faces some formidable competition in landing the 2016 convention.

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Las Vegas faces some formidable competition in landing the 2016 Republican National Convention, but the nonprofit group set up to bring it to Nevada will tout logistics in its campaign, said Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, the head of the Nevada Host Committee Inc.

The airport, the hotels and the convention centers are all near each other in Las Vegas. There will be no need to bus delegates from a nearby city - as was the case for the GOP national convention in Tampa, Fla., in 2012, Krolicki said.

"Las Vegas and Nevada are exceedingly good at this," Krolicki said. "We hosted more than 22,000 conventions ...